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I’m re-listening to the audible versions of Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics. As I’m going through it, I’m convinced that the IBM Information on Demand Conference committee couldn’t have chosen better guest speakers for a conference that is all about data! What are these books about? Steven Levitt is an economist who is intrigued by the stories behind the data. He’s managed to find data in the most unlikely places about topics that are not well documented. Stephen Dubner is the journalist who has an exceptional talent of putting together... [More]

This is amazing! I just learned that a movie has been made out of the Freakonomics book! Check out the movie trailer . Last week in my blog entry titled "Freak me out!" I broke the news about the fact that the authors of Freakonmics and SuperFreakonomics, Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt would be guest speakers at the IBM Information on Demand Conference. They are doing the Keynote on Wednesday October 27 and are avaliable for an incredibly short signing session from 10:00 - 10:20 am. I hope you can join us. I hope... [More]